{"id":406436,"date":"2026-08-14T12:42:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T12:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/406436\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T12:42:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T12:42:20","slug":"from-ned-flanders-to-scissors-that-actually-work-why-left-handers-day-matters-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/406436\/","title":{"rendered":"From Ned Flanders to scissors that actually work: Why left handers day matters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN ANTONIO &#8211; If you are right-handed, try picking up a pen with your left hand on Thursday. If you are left-handed, kick back and relax \u2014 the day is all about you.<\/p>\n<p>Aug. 13 marks International Left-Handers Day, an annual observance created to celebrate southpaws and raise awareness about the unique everyday challenges faced by left-handed individuals in a predominantly right-handed world.<\/p>\n<p>First established in the United Kingdom in 1992, the day pays tribute to the hard work and adaptability of lefties, who make up roughly 10% of the global population. From kitchen utensils and spiral notebooks to power tools and school desks, modern infrastructure is overwhelmingly designed for right-handed use, forcing left-handed people to constantly adjust.<\/p>\n<p>The cultural footprint of left-handedness has extended deep into media and entertainment over the years. One of the most famous pop-culture tributes came in the animated television series &#8220;The Simpsons,&#8221; when the character Ned Flanders opened &#8220;The Leftorium&#8221; \u2014 a specialty retail shop in the Springfield Mall dedicated entirely to products designed for left-handed people.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers of International Left-Handers Day encourage right-handed individuals to spend part of the day attempting routine tasks, such as writing or using scissors, with their non-dominant hand to gain perspective on the subtle biases built into everyday objects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO &#8211; If you are right-handed, try picking up a pen with your left hand on Thursday.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":405531,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-406436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/405531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}